List of eponyms of airports

This is a list of eponymously named airports.

It includes the name of the airport, the facility's location, and the person after whom the airport is named.

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El Dorado Luís Carlos Galán Sarmiento International Airport | Bogotá, D.C. |  Colombia | Luís Carlos Galán Sarmiento , former presidential candidate of the Republic of Colombia, and El Dorado, mythical pre-Columbian city of gold located presumably somewhere in present Colombia
Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport | Dire Dawa |  Ethiopia | Dejazmach Yilma Makonnen, former governor of Harar
Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport | Malang |  Indonesia | Abdul Rahman Saleh, National Hero of Indonesia
Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport | Galkayo |  Somalia | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former president of Somalia
Abraham González International Airport | Ciudad Juárez |  Mexico | Abraham González
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | Springfield |  United States: Illinois | Abraham Lincoln
Aden Adde International Airport | Mogadishu |  Somalia | Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, first president of Somalia
Adisucipto International Airport | Yogyakarta |  Indonesia | Agustinus Adisucipto, Indonesian independence hero
Adnan Menderes Airport | İzmir |  Turkey | Adnan Menderes
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport | Madrid |  Spain | Adolfo Suárez González, first prime minister of Spain after the Franco dictatorship
Ahmad Yani International Airport | Semarang |  Indonesia | Ahmad Yani, Indonesian Army chief
Aeroporto Internazionale Falcone e Borsellino | Palermo |  Italy | Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, two judges who fought the Mafia
Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport | Ajaccio |  France | Napoleon Bonaparte
Alexander the Great Airport | Kavala |  Greece | Alexander the Great
Alula Aba Nega Airport | Mekelle |  Ethiopia | Ras Alula, Ethiopian General
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery | Buenos Aires |  Argentina | Jorge Newbery
Afonso Pena International Airport | Curitiba |  Brazil | Afonso Pena
Senadora Eunice Michiles Airport | São Paulo de Olivença |  Brazil | Eunice Michiles
Franjo Tuđman Airport | Zagreb |  Croatia | Franjo Tuđman
Airport St. Paul the Apostle | Ohrid |  North Macedonia | Paul the Apostle
Alexei Leonov Kemerovo International Airport | Kemerovo |  Russia | Alexei Leonov
Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport | Valledupar |  Colombia | Alfonso López Pumarejo
Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport | Batumi |  Georgia | Alexander Kartveli
Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport | Alicante |  Spain | Miguel Hernández
Rodríguez Ballón International Airport | Arequipa |  Peru | Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón
Allama Iqbal International Airport | Lahore |  Pakistan | Allama Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal)
Amado Nervo National Airport | Tepic |  Mexico | Amado Nervo
Amerigo Vespucci Airport | Florence |  Italy | Amerigo Vespucci
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport | Kano |  Nigeria | Aminu Kano
Margaret Ekpo International Airport | Calabar |  Nigeria | Margaret Ekpo
Amílcar Cabral International Airport | Espargos |  Cape Verde | Amílcar Cabral
Anna International Airport | Chennai |  India | Arignar Anna
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport | Hagåtña |  Guam | Antonio Borja Won Pat
Antonio Nariño Airport | Pasto |  Colombia | Antonio Nariño
Aristotelis Airport | Kastoria |  Greece | Aristotle
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | Latrobe |  United States: Pennsylvania | Arnold Palmer
Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport | Tobago |  Trinidad and Tobago | Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | Santiago |  Chile | Arturo Merino Benítez
Ashgabat International Airport | Ashgabat |  Turkmenistan | Saparmyrat Niyazov
Astor Piazzolla International Airport | Mar del Plata |  Argentina | Ástor Piazzolla, a composer and musician who was born in Mar del Plata
Atatürk International Airport | Istanbul |  Turkey | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos" | Athens |  Greece | Eleftherios Venizelos
Athens Ben Epps Airport | Athens |  United States: Georgia | Ben T. Epps, aviator
Augusto C. Sandino International Airport | Managua |  Nicaragua | Augusto César Sandino
Aurel Vlaicu International Airport | Bucharest |  Romania | Aurel Vlaicu
George Enescu International Airport | Bacău |  Romania | George Enescu
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | Austin |  United States: Texas | Captain John August Earl Bergstrom
Austin Straubel International Airport | Ashwaubenon |  United States: Wisconsin | Lt. Col. Austin Straubel
Bacha Khan International Airport | Peshawar |  Peshawar, Pakistan | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Queen Tamar Airport | Mestia |  Georgia | Tamar of Georgia
Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport | Bari |  Italy | Pope John Paul II
Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | Anne Arundel County |  United States: Maryland | Thurgood Marshall
Bandaranaike International Airport | Colombo |  Sri Lanka | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport | Campos dos Goytacazes |  Brazil | Bartholomeu Lysandro de Albernaz, Congressman and local plantation owner
Bauerfield International Airport | Port Vila |  Vanuatu | Harold W. Bauer, fighter pilot
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport | Beirut |  Lebanon | Rafik Hariri
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Belgrade |  Serbia | Nikola Tesla
Ben Gurion International Airport | Tel Aviv |  Israel | David Ben-Gurion
Uri Michaeli Airport Haifa | Haifa |  Israel | Uri Michaeli
Benazir Bhutto International Airport | Rawalpindi |  Pakistan | Benazir Bhutto
Benito Juárez International Airport | Mexico City |  Mexico | Benito Juárez
Bert Mooney Airport | Butte |  United States: Montana | Bert Mooney, aviator
Biju Patnaik Airport | Bhubaneswar |  India | Biju Patnaik, freedom fighter, aviator and chief minister of Odisha
Birsa Munda Airport | Ranchi |  India | Birsa Munda
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport | Little Rock |  United States: Arkansas | Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton
Billings Logan International Airport | Billings |  United States: Montana | Dick Logan, airport manager
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Toronto island) | Toronto |  Canada: Ontario | Billy Bishop
Bob Hope Airport | Burbank |  United States: California | Bob Hope
Bob Sikes Airport | Crestview |  United States: Florida | Robert L. F. Sikes
Boeing Field | Seattle |  United States: Washington | William Edward Boeing
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport | Bologna |  Italy | Guglielmo Marconi
Bowman Field | Louisville |  United States: Kentucky | Abram H. Bowman, airport founder
Bradley International Airport | Windsor Locks |  United States: Connecticut | Lt. Eugene M. Bradley
Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport | Brockville |  Canada: Ontario | George Tackaberry, owner of the company that re-surfaced and extended the runway
Bremen Airport | Bremen |  Germany | Hans Koschnick
Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport | Budapest |  Hungary | Franz Liszt
Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport | Bydgoszcz |  Poland | Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Camilo Daza International Airport | Cúcuta |  Colombia | Camilo Daza
Captain Rogelio Castillo National Airport | Celaya |  Mexico | Captain Rogelio Castillo
Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport | Punta Arenas |  Chile | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Cesar Lim Rodriguez Airport | Taytay |  Philippines | Cesar Lim Rodriguez, former judge
César Manrique Lanzarote Airport | Lanzarote |  Spain | César Manrique, local artist, sculptor, architect and activist
Chan Gurney Municipal Airport | Yankton |  United States: South Dakota | John Chandler Gurney
Chania International Airport - "Ioannis Daskalogiannis" | Chania, Crete |  Greece | Ioannis Daskalogiannis, Cretan rebel against Ottoman rule
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport | Kansas City |  United States: Missouri | Charles Wheeler
Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris |  France | Charles de Gaulle
Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport | Sonoma County |  United States: California | Charles M. Schulz
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | Charlotte |  United States: North Carolina | Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr.
Châteauroux-Déols "Marcel Dassault" Airport | Châteauroux |  France | Marcel Dassault
Cheddi Jagan International Airport | Georgetown |  Guyana | Cheddi Jagan
Chennault International Airport | Lake Charles |  United States: Louisiana | Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai |  India | Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle
Chinggis Khaan International Airport | Ulan Bator |  Mongolia | Chinggis Khaan
Chișinău Eugen Doga International Airport | Chișinău |  Moldova | Eugen Doga
Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport | Rome |  Italy | Giovan Battista Pastine
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | Cleveland |  United States: Ohio | William R. Hopkins
Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias" | Corfu |  Greece | Ioannis Kapodistrias
Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport | Catamarca |  Argentina | Coronel Felipe Varela
Cristiano Ronaldo Airport | Madeira |  Portugal | Cristiano Ronaldo
Cut Nyak Dhien Airport | Suka Makmue |  Indonesia | Cut Nyak Dhien
Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | Dakar |  Senegal | Léopold Sédar Senghor
Dallas Love Field | Dallas |  United States: Texas | First Lieutenant Moss Lee Love[1]
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | Honolulu |  United States: Hawaii | Daniel Inouye
Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport | Liberia |  Costa Rica | Daniel Oduber Quirós
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport | Tacloban |  Philippines | Daniel Z. Romualdez
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport | Gqeberha (fka: Port Elizabeth) |  South Africa | David Stuurman
David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport | Kutaisi |  Georgia | David IV of Georgia
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport | Indore |  India | Ahilyabai Holkar
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | Dickinson |  United States: South Dakota | Theodore Roosevelt
Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport | Guadalajara |  Mexico | Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport | Donetsk |  Ukraine | Sergey Prokofiev
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport | Nagpur |  India | Dr. Babasaheb R. Ambedkar
Eatonia (Elvie Smith) Municipal Airport | Eatonia |  Canada: Saskatchewan | Elvie Smith, former chairman and CEO of Pratt & Whitney Canada
Eduardo Gomes International Airport | Manaus |  Brazil | Eduardo Gomes
El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez | San Salvador |  El Salvador | Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez
El Tari Airport | Kupang |  Indonesia | El Tari, 2nd governor of East Nusa Tenggara
Eppley Airfield | Omaha |  United States: Nebraska | Eugene C. Eppley
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport | Mayagüez |  Puerto Rico | Eugenio María de Hostos
F.D. Roosevelt Airport | Sint Eustatius |  Caribbean Netherlands | Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fatmawati Soekarno Airport | Bengkulu |  Indonesia | Fatmawati Soekarno
Federico Fellini Airport | Rimini |  Italy | Federico Fellini
Ferit Melen Airport | Van |  Turkey | Ferit Melen
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport | San Juan |  Puerto Rico | Major Fernando L. Ribas-Dominicci
Kozani National Airport "Filippos" | Kozani |  Greece | Philip II of Macedon
Forbes Field | Topeka |  United States: Kansas | Daniel Forbes
Francis S. Gabreski Airport | Westhampton Beach |  United States: New York | Francis S. Gabreski (Gabby)
Francisco B. Reyes Airport | Coron |  Philippines | Francisco B. Reyes, former mayor of Coron (1936–1939)
Francisco Bangoy International Airport | Davao City |  Philippines | Francisco Bangoy
Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport | Porto |  Portugal | Francisco de Sá Carneiro
Frank País Airport | Holguín |  Cuba | Frank País
Franz Josef Strauss International Airport | Munich |  Germany | Franz Josef Strauss
Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport | Rio de Janeiro |  Brazil | Antonio Carlos Jobim
Galileo Galilei Airport | Pisa |  Italy | Galileo Galilei
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport | Gdańsk |  Poland | Lech Wałęsa
General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport | Tijuana |  Mexico | Abelardo L. Rodríguez
General Bernardo O'Higgins Airport | Chillán |  Chile | Bernardo O'Higgins
General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport | Tampico, Tamaulipas |  Mexico | Francisco Javier Mina
General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport | Durango |  Mexico | Guadalupe Victoria
General Heriberto Jara International Airport | Veracruz |  Mexico | Heriberto Jara Corona
General José María Yáñez International Airport | Guaymas |  Mexico | José María Yáñez
General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport | Acapulco |  Mexico | Juan Álvarez
General Lucio Blanco International Airport | Reynosa, Tamaulipas |  Mexico | Lucio Blanco
General Mariano Escobedo International Airport | Apodaca |  Mexico | Mariano Escobedo
General Mariano Matamoros Airport | Cuernavaca |  Mexico | Mariano Matamoros
General Mitchell International Airport | Milwaukee |  United States: Wisconsin | Billy Mitchell
General Justo José de Urquiza Airport | Paraná |  Argentina | Justo José de Urquiza
General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport | Mexicali |  Mexico | General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada
Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase | Caracas |  Venezuela | Francisco de Miranda
Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport | Genoa |  Italy | Christopher Columbus
George Best Belfast City Airport | Belfast |  United Kingdom | George Best
George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston |  United States: Texas | George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush
Gerald R. Ford International Airport | Grand Rapids |  United States: Michigan | Gerald R. Ford
German Titov Airport of Barnaul | Barnaul |  Russia | German Titov
Giuseppe Verdi Airport | Parma |  Italy | Giuseppe Verdi
Glafcos Clerides | Larnaca |  Cyprus | Glafcos Clerides
Godofredo P. Ramos Airport | Malay |  Philippines | Godofredo P. Ramos, author of the bill which created the province of Aklan
Gov. João Durval Carneiro Airport | Feira de Santana |  Brazil | João Durval Carneiro
Grantley Adams International Airport | Bridgetown |  Barbados | Grantley Herbert Adams
Gregorio Luperón International Airport | Puerto Plata |  Dominican Republic | Gregorio Luperón
Guillermo León Valencia Airport | Popayán |  Colombia | Guillermo León Valencia
Gustaf III Airport | Saint Barthélemy |  France | Gustav III
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport | San Andrés |  Colombia | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport | Jakarta |  Indonesia | Halim Perdanakusuma, national hero of Indonesia
Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax |  Canada: Nova Scotia | Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia
Hamad International Airport | Doha |  Qatar | Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar
Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt | Hamburg |  Germany | Helmut Schmidt
Hans Christian Andersen Airport | Odense |  Denmark | Hans Christian Andersen
Harold W. Brown Memorial Airfield (Pittsburgh Monroeville Airport) | Monroeville |  United States: Pennsylvania | Harold W. Brown
Harry Reid International Airport | Paradise |  United States: Nevada | Harry Reid
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta |  United States: Georgia | William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson
Hearst (René Fontaine) Municipal Airport | Hearst |  Canada: Ontario | René Fontaine
Hector International Airport | Fargo |  United States: North Dakota | Martin Hector, landowner
Henri Coandă International Airport | Bucharest |  Romania | Henri Coandă
Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis" | Heraklion |  Greece | Nikos Kazantzakis
Heydar Aliyev International Airport | Baku |  Azerbaijan | Heydar Aliyev
Horace Williams Airport | Chapel Hill |  United States: North Carolina | Prof. Horace Williams, former Chair of Mental and Moral Science (Philosophy) at the University of North Carolina
Houari Boumedienne Airport | Algiers |  Algeria | Houari Boumédienne
Ian Fleming International Airport | Boscobel |  Jamaica | Ian Fleming
Ibn Batouta International Airport (Tangier-Boukhalef Airport) | Tangier |  Morocco | Ibn Battuta
Il Caravaggio International Airport | Bergamo |  Italy | Caravaggio
Indiana County-Jimmy Stewart Airport | Indiana |  United States: Pennsylvania | James Stewart
Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi |  India | Indira Gandhi, first lady prime minister of India
Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport | Inuvik |  Canada: Northwest Territories | Mike Zubko, co-founder of the Northern Air Transport Association
Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport | Tashkent |  Uzbekistan | Islam Karimov
Jack Edwards Airport | Gulf Shores |  United States: Alabama | Jack Edwards
Jackson-Evers International Airport | Jackson |  United States: Mississippi | Medgar Evers
Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport | Thermal |  United States: California | Jacqueline Cochran
James M. Cox Dayton International Airport | Dayton |  United States: Ohio | James M. Cox
Jan Mayensfield | Olonkinbyen |  Norway | Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout
João Paulo II Airport | Ponta Delgada |  Portugal | Pope John Paul II
Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport | Boonville |  United States: Missouri | Jesse P. Viertel
Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport | Jijel |  Algeria | Ferhat Abbas
Jinnah International Airport | Karachi |  Pakistan | Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport | Paramaribo |  Suriname | Johan Adolf Pengel
John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport | Hamilton |  Canada: Ontario | John Munro
John F. Kennedy International Airport | New York City |  United States: New York | John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport | Ashland |  United States: Wisconsin | John F. Kennedy
John Glenn Columbus International Airport | Columbus |  United States: Ohio | John Glenn
John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport | Johnstown |  United States: Pennsylvania | John Murtha
John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice | Kraków |  Poland | Pope John Paul II
John Wayne Airport | Santa Ana |  United States: California | John Wayne
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Nairobi |  Kenya | Jomo Kenyatta
Jorge Chávez International Airport | Lima |  Peru | Jorge Chávez
Jorge Wilstermann International Airport | Cochabamba |  Bolivia | Jorge Wilstermann
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport | Guayaquil |  Ecuador | José Joaquín de Olmedo
José María Córdova International Airport | Medellín |  Colombia | José María Córdova
José Martí International Airport | Havana |  Cuba | José Martí
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport | Barcelona |  Spain | Josep Tarradellas
Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport | Roatán |  Honduras | Juan Manuel Gálvez
Juan Santamaría International Airport | San José |  Costa Rica | Juan Santamaría
Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport | Sucre |  Bolivia | Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Juanda International Airport | Surabaya |  Indonesia | Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Prime Minister of Indonesia and initiator of the airport
Julius Nyerere International Airport | Dar es Salaam |  Tanzania | Julius Nyerere
Karl Stefan Memorial Airport | Norfolk |  United States: Nebraska | Karl Stefan
Kay Larkin Field | Palatka |  United States: Florida | Jasper Kennedy "Kay" Larkin
Kempegowda International Airport | Bangalore |  India | Kempegowda
Kenneth Kaunda International Airport | Lusaka |  Zambia | Kenneth Kaunda
Khan Jahan Ali Airport | Bagerhat |  Bangladesh | Khan Jahan Ali
King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah |  Saudi Arabia | Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia
King Fahd International Airport | Dammam |  Saudi Arabia | Fahd of Saudi Arabia
King Khalid International Airport | Riyadh |  Saudi Arabia | Khalid of Saudi Arabia
King Mswati III International Airport | Eswatini |  Eswatini | Mswati III
King Shaka International Airport | Durban |  South Africa | Shaka
King Phalo Airport | East London, Eastern Cape |  South Africa | the Phalo kaTshiwo
Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport | Kingston |  Canada: Ontario | Norman McLeod Rogers
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) | Kyiv |  Ukraine | Igor Sikorsky
Konrad Adenauer Airport | Cologne/Bonn |  Germany | Konrad Adenauer
Kos International Airport, "Hippocrates" | Kos |  Greece | Hippocrates
Kotoka International Airport | Accra |  Ghana | Col. Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka
La Chinita International Airport | Maracaibo |  Venezuela | Saint Mary (Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá)
LaGuardia Airport | New York City |  United States: New York | Fiorello H. La Guardia
Lalibela Airport | Lalibela |  Ethiopia | Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, King of the Zagwe Dynasty
Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport | Milwaukee |  United States: Wisconsin | Lawrence J. Timmerman, county supervisor
Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport | Tallinn |  Estonia | Lennart Georg Meri, President of Estonia
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | Rome |  Italy | Leonardo da Vinci
Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava | Ostrava |  Czech Republic | Leoš Janáček
Libreville Leon Mba International Airport | Libreville |  Gabon | Léon M'ba
Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport | Toluca |  Mexico | Adolfo López Mateos
Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport | Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco |  Mexico | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Lic. Miguel de la Madrid Airport | Colima |  Mexico | Miguel de la Madrid
Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport | Lisbon |  Portugal | Humberto Delgado
Liverpool John Lennon Airport | Liverpool |  United Kingdom | John Lennon
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport | Ljubljana |  Slovenia | Jože Pučnik
Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport | Łódź |  Poland | Władysław Reymont
Logan International Airport | Boston |  United States: Massachusetts | Edward Lawrence Logan
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | Guwahati |  India | Gopinath Bordoloi
Long Island MacArthur Airport | Islip |  United States: New York | Douglas MacArthur
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | New Orleans |  United States: Louisiana | Louis Armstrong
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | Louisville |  United States: Kentucky | Muhammad Ali
Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport | Dauphin |  Canada: Manitoba | William George Barker
Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | Lubbock |  United States: Texas | Preston E. Smith
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | San Juan |  Puerto Rico | Luis Muñoz Marín
Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport | Lviv |  Ukraine | Danylo Halytskyi
Lynden Pindling International Airport | Nassau |  Bahamas | Lynden Pindling
M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport | Franceville |  Gabon | Omar Bongo
Manas International Airport | Bishkek |  Kyrgyzstan | Manas, a Kyrgyz epic hero
María Montez International Airport | Barahona |  Dominican Republic | Maria Montez
Mariscal Sucre International Airport | Quito |  Ecuador | Antonio José de Sucre
Martin State Airport | Essex |  United States: Maryland | Glenn Luther Martin
Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport | Martinique |  France | Aimé Césaire
Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport | Hambantota |  Sri Lanka | Mahinda Rajapaksa
McClellan-Palomar Airport | Carlsbad |  United States: California | Gerald McClellan, aviator
McGhee Tyson Airport | Knoxville |  United States: Tennessee | McGhee Tyson, aviator
Merrill Field | Anchorage |  United States: Alaska | Russel Merrill
Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport | Bratislava |  Slovakia | Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Ministro Pistarini International Airport | Buenos Aires |  Argentina | Juan Pistarini
Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport | Constanţa |  Romania | Mihail Kogălniceanu
Modibo Keita International Airport | Bamako |  Mali | Modibo Keita
Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport | Constantine |  Algeria | Muhammad Boudiaf
Mohammed V International Airport | Casablanca |  Morocco | Mohammed V of Morocco
Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport | Monastir |  Tunisia | Habib Bourguiba
Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport | San Diego |  United States: California | John Joseph Montgomery and William Gibbs
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Montreal |  Canada: Quebec | Pierre Trudeau
Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport | Moose Jaw |  Canada: Saskatchewan | Air Vice-Marshal C.M. McEwen, commander of No. 6 Group RCAF
Moscow Domodedovo Airport | Moscow |  Russia Russia | Mikhail Lomonosov
Murtala Muhammed International Airport | Lagos |  Nigeria | Murtala Mohammed
Naples–Capodichino Airport Ugo Niutta | Naples |  Italy | Ugo Niutta
Nelson Mandela International Airport | Praia |  Cape Verde | Nelson Mandela
Ngurah Rai International Airport | Denpasar |  Indonesia | I Gusti Ngurah Rai, national hero of Indonesia from Bali
Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Manila |  Philippines | Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.
Nicolaus Copernicus Wrocław Airport | Wrocław |  Poland | Nicolaus Copernicus
Niš Constantine the Great Airport | Niš |  Serbia | Constantine I
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | Abuja |  Nigeria | Nnamdi Azikiwe
Norman Manley International Airport | Kingston |  Jamaica | Norman Washington Manley
Nuremberg Airport | Nuremberg |  Germany | Albrecht Dürer
Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport | Nur-Sultan |  Kazakhstan | Nursultan Nazarbayev
Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport | San Jose |  United States: California | Norman Y. Mineta
North Bay/Jack Garland Airport | North Bay |  Canada: Ontario | Jack Garland
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata |  India: West Bengal | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
O'Hare International Airport | Chicago |  United States: Illinois | Edward O'Hare
Olaya Herrera Airport | Medellín |  Colombia | Enrique Olaya Herrera
OR Tambo International Airport | Johannesburg |  South Africa | Oliver Tambo
Osmani International Airport | Sylhet |  Bangladesh | General M A G Osmani
Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | Ottawa |  Canada: Ontario | John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier
Owen Sound/Billy Bishop Regional Airport | Owen Sound |  Canada: Ontario | Billy Bishop
Pangborn Memorial Airport | Wenatchee |  United States: Washington | Clyde Edward Pangborn
Pattimura Airport | Ambon |  Indonesia | Pattimura, national hero of Indonesia
Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport | Belize City |  Belize | Phillip Goldson
Portsmouth International Airport at Pease | Portsmouth |  United States: New Hampshire | Harl Pease, Jr.
Poznań-Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport | Poznań |  Poland | Henryk Wieniawski
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport | Brasília |  Brazil | Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport | Dili |  Timor Leste | Nicolau Lobato
Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport | Medina |  Saudi Arabia |
Princess Juliana International Airport | Sint Maarten |  Sint Maarten | Juliana of the Netherlands
Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | Quebec City |  Canada: Quebec | Jean Lesage
Queen Alia International Airport | Amman |  Jordan | Alia al-Hussein
Queen Beatrix International Airport | Oranjestad |  Aruba | Beatrix of the Netherlands
Rafael Hernández Airport | Aguadilla |  Puerto Rico | Rafael Hernández Marín
Rafael Núñez International Airport | Cartagena |  Colombia | Rafael Núñez
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Hyderabad, Telangana |  India | Rajiv Gandhi
Ramon Airport | Eilat |  Israel | Ilan Ramon and Assaf Ramon
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport | San Pedro Sula |  Honduras | Ramón Villeda Morales
Reina Sofía Airport (Tenerife South) | Tenerife |  Spain | Queen Sofía of Spain
Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras" | Rhodes |  Greece | Diagoras of Rhodes
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | Amarillo |  United States: Texas | Rick Husband
Richard Pearse Airport | Timaru |  New Zealand | Richard Pearse
Robert J. Miller Air Park | Woodbine |  United States: New Jersey | Robert J. Miller
Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport | Harare |  Zimbabwe | Robert Mugabe
Roland Garros Airport | Saint-Denis |  France | Roland Garros, aviator
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | Arlington |  United States: Virginia | Ronald Reagan
Rosecrans Memorial Airport | Saint Joseph |  United States: Missouri | Sgt. Guy Wallace Rosecrans
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport | Lyon |  France | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport | Istanbul |  Turkey | Sabiha Gökçen
W. A. Mozart Airport | Salzburg |  Austria | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sam Ratulangi International Airport | Manado |  Indonesia | Sam Ratulangi, first Governor of Sulawesi, Indonesian national hero
San Egidio Airport | Perugia |  Italy | Saint Giles
Sangster International Airport | Montego Bay |  Jamaica | Donald Sangster
Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport | Santiago de Compostela |  Spain | Rosalía de Castro
Santos Dumont Airport | Rio de Janeiro |  Brazil | Alberto Santos-Dumont
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport | Ahmedabad |  India | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport | Sarnia |  Canada: Ontario | Chris Hadfield
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon |  Canada: Saskatchewan | John Diefenbaker
Sawyer International Airport | Marquette |  United States: Michigan | Kenneth Ingalls Sawyer, road commissioner
Serafettin Elçi Airport | Şırnak |  Turkey | Şerafettin Elçi
Shahjalal International Airport | Dhaka |  Bangladesh | Shah Jalal
Shah Amanat International Airport | Chittagong |  Bangladesh | Shah Amanat
Shah Makhdum Airport | Rajshahi |  Bangladesh | Shah Makhdum Rupos
Sheremetyevo International Airport | Moscow |  Russia | Alexander Pushkin
Sihanouk International Airport | Sihanoukville |  Cambodia | Norodom Sihanouk
Sikorsky Memorial Airport | Stratford |  United States: Connecticut | Igor Sikorsky
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport | Asunción |  Paraguay | Silvio Pettirossi
Simón Bolívar Airport | Santa Marta |  Colombia | Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar International Airport | Maiquetía |  Venezuela | Simón Bolívar
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport | Ndola |  Zambia | Simon Kapwepwe
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | Port Louis |  Mauritius | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | Gaborone |  Botswana | Seretse Khama
Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | Sitka |  United States: Alaska | Rocky Gutierrez, former mayor
Nuri Demirağ Airport | Sivas |  Turkey | Nuri Demirağ
Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Jakarta |  Indonesia | Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, founding fathers of Indonesia
Solberg–Hunterdon Airport | Readington Township, New Jersey |  United States | Thor Solberg, aviation pioneer
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport | Amritsar |  India | Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh guru and founder of the city of Amritsar
Stewart International Airport | Newburgh |  United States: New York | Lachlan Stewart, ancestor of land donor
St. Louis Lambert International Airport | St. Louis |  United States: Missouri | Albert Bond Lambert
Stuttgart Airport | Stuttgart |  Germany | Manfred Rommel
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport | Subang |  Malaysia | Salahuddin Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Selangor
Sultan Abdul Halim Airport | Alor Star |  Malaysia | Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah
Sultan Azlan Shah Airport | Ipoh |  Malaysia | Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport | Kuantan |  Malaysia | Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport | Makassar |  Indonesia | Sultan Hasanuddin, Indonesian national hero
Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport | Banda Aceh |  Indonesia | Iskandar Muda, Indonesian national hero
Sultan Ismail Petra Airport | Kota Bharu |  Malaysia | Ismail Petra, Sultan of Kelantan
Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport | Palembang |  Indonesia | Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II, Indonesian national hero
Sultan Mahmud Airport | Kuala Terengganu |  Malaysia | Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah, Sultan of Terengganu
Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport | Pekanbaru |  Indonesia | Sultan Syarif Kasim II, former Sultan of Siak, Indonesian national hero
Sultan Thaha Airport | Jambi |  Indonesia | Sultan Thaha, Indonesian national hero from Jambi
Süleyman Demirel Airport | Isparta |  Turkey | Süleyman Demirel
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport | Sydney | Australia | Charles Kingsford Smith
Syracuse Hancock International Airport | Syracuse |  United States: New York | Clarence E. Hancock
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Anchorage |  United States: Alaska | Ted Stevens
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport | Tehran |  Iran | Ruhollah Khomeini
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport | Villa Las Estrellas |  Chilean Antarctic Territory | Rodolfo Marsh Martin
Tenzing-Hillary Airport | Lukla |  Nepal | Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary
Terre Haute International Airport - Hulman Field | Terre Haute |  United States: Indiana | Anton "Tony" Hulman, Jr.
T. F. Green Airport | Warwick |  United States: Rhode Island | Theodore F. Green
Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou | Ouagadougou |  Burkina Faso | Thomas Sankara
Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza | Tirana |  Albania | Mother Teresa
Toronto Pearson International Airport | Toronto |  Canada: Ontario | Lester B. Pearson
Touat Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport | Adrar |  Algeria | Touat Cheikh (Sheikh) Sidi Mohamed Belkebir
Toussaint Louverture International Airport | Port-au-Prince |  Haiti | Toussaint Louverture
Traian Vuia International Airport | Timișoara |  Romania | Traian Vuia
Vincenzo Florio Airport | Trapani |  Italy | Vincenzo Florio Sr.
Trent Lott International Airport | Pascagoula |  United States: Mississippi | Trent Lott
Tribhuvan International Airport | Kathmandu |  Nepal | King Tribhuvan of Nepal, Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Tweed New Haven Regional Airport | New Haven |  United States: Connecticut | John H. Tweed
University of Illinois Willard Airport | Tolono Township |  United States: Illinois | Arthur Cutts Willard
Václav Havel Airport Prague | Prague |  Czech Republic | Václav Havel
VC Bird International Airport | Antigua |  Antigua and Barbuda | Vere Bird
Venice Marco Polo Airport | Venice |  Italy | Marco Polo
Venustiano Carranza International Airport | Monclova |  Mexico | Venustiano Carranza
Vincenzo Magliocco Airport | Comiso |  Italy | Vincenzo Magliocco
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport | Warsaw |  Poland | Frédéric Chopin
Washington Dulles International Airport | Chantilly |  United States: Virginia | John Foster Dulles
Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport | Sydney | Australia | Nancy Bird Walton
Whitford's Airport | Weedsport |  United States: New York | John Whitford
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport | Wichita |  United States: Kansas | Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport | Utqiagvik |  United States: Alaska | Wiley Post and Will Rogers
Will Rogers World Airport | Oklahoma City |  United States: Oklahoma | Will Rogers
William P. Hobby Airport | Houston |  United States: Texas | William P. Hobby
William R. Fairchild International Airport | Port Angeles |  United States: Washington | William R. Fairchild, airport supervisor
William T. Piper Memorial Airport | Lock Haven |  United States: Pennsylvania | William T. Piper
Witham Field | Stuart |  United States: Florida | Homer Witham
Wittman Regional Airport | Oshkosh |  United States: Wisconsin | Steve Wittman
Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport | Windhoek |  Namibia | Chief Hosea Kutako, led the struggle for Namibian independence
Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg |  Canada: Manitoba | James Armstrong Richardson
W. K. Kellogg Airport | Battle Creek |  United States: Michigan | Will Keith Kellogg
Yeager Airport | Charleston |  United States: West Virginia | Chuck Yeager
Yuri Gagarin Orenburg Tsentralny Airport | Orenburg |  Russia | Yuri Gagarin
Willy Brandt Airport Berlin | Berlin |  Germany | Willy Brandt
Federico García Lorca Airport | Granada |  Spain | Federico García Lorca
Zainuddin Abdul Madjid International Airport | Mataram |  Indonesia | Muhammad Zainuddin Abdul Madjid
Milan Malpensa Airport | Milan |  Italy | Silvio Berlusconi, former prime minister of Italy [2][3]

## Former names and names of closed airports

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Astor Piazzolla International Airport, Mar del Plata, Argentina
formerly Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport, changed in August, 2008
Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
named for mayor Edward L. Bader, closed 2006
Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq
formerly Saddam International Airport, named for Saddam Hussein
Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
formerly Haile Selassie I International Airport, named for Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
formerly Chinggis Khaan International Airport, which is given to a new airport
Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town, South Africa
formerly D.F. Malan Airport, named for Daniel François Malan
Clark International Airport, Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines
formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, named for Diosdado Macapagal
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
formerly Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
Durban International Airport, Durban, South Africa
formerly Louis Botha Airport, named for Louis Botha; renamed in 1995 and closed in 2010
Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
closed, named for Kenneth Alexander Blatchford
El Alto International Airport, La Paz, Bolivia
formerly John F. Kennedy International Airport
Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, United States
named after Floyd Bennett, civilian use ended 1939
John Rodgers Airport, Hawaii, United States
former name of two airports named after John Rodgers (naval officer, born 1881)
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador
formerly Simón Bolívar International Airport, named for Simón Bolívar
Haluoleo Airport, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
formerly Wolter Monginsidi Airport, named for Robert Wolter Mongisidi
Harry Reid International Airport, Paradise, Nevada, United States
formerly McCarran International Airport, named for Pat McCarran ; changed in 2021
Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
formerly Hamid Karzai International Airport, named for Hamid Karzai
Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
closed, named after two plutocrats Kai Ho and Au Tak
Kimberley Airport, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
formerly B. J. Vorster Airport, named for B. J. Vorster
Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, United States
closed, named for Merrill C. Meigs
Mati Airport, [[Mati], Davao Oriental]], Philippines
formerly Imelda R. Marcos Airport
Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Ecuador
replaced with a similarly named airport in 2013, named for Antonio José de Sucre
OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa
formerly Jan Smuts International Airport, named for Jan Smuts
Reno–Tahoe International Airport
formerly Cannon International Airport named for senator Howard W. Cannon
Richmond International Airport
formerly Richard E. Byrd Airport named for aviator Richard E. Byrd
Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States
named after Quentin Roosevelt, closed 1951
San Diego International Airport
formerly Lindbergh Field named for aviator Charles Lindbergh
Sde Dov Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel
named after Dov Hoz, closed 2019 and later demolished
Senai International Airport, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
formerly Sultan Ismail International Airport
Skopje International Airport, Skopje, North Macedonia
formerly Skopje Alexander the Great Airport, named for Alexander the Great
Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, United States
closed, named for Denver mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan
formerly Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, named for Chiang Kai-shek
Velana International Airport, Malé, Maldives
formerly Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, named for Ibrahim Nasir and renamed in 2017, after the family house name of Ibrahim Nasir
Yasser Arafat International Airport, Gaza Strip, Palestine
named for Yasser Arafat, closed 2001

## See also

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* List of eponyms
* List of places named after people
* List of airports

## References

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1. ^ "Dallas, Texas Love Field Airport". Dallas-lovefield.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
2. ^ "Milan Malpensa airport officially named after Silvio Berlusconi". euronews. 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
3. ^ "TAR doesn't block Malpensa being named after Berlusconi - Politics - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2024-11-11. Retrieved 2025-06-22.

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